Caroline Pearce (born 1 September 1981 in Cambridge, England) is an English athlete, sports host, model, published author, and is the presenter for BT Sport's UFC: Beyond The Octagon and reporter for Fox Sports and UFC Fight Pass. She played the character Ice in Sky One's version of Gladiators. She is currently signed to MVE Management.
Biography
Pearce competed for England in the World Pentathlon Championships at the age of 15. She had competed as a professional heptathlete in the 2004 European Cup Heptathlon Finals. Pearce has also represented Great Britain as a bobsledder in the 2005 World Bobsleigh Championships.
In 2008, Pearce was chosen to compete as a gladiator in Sky One's relaunch of the TV series Gladiators under the gladiator name "Ice", but she left the show after the first season.
Pearce has earned a first class honours degree in Sports Science and a master's degree in Physiology and Nutrition from Loughborough University. She has modelled in advertisements for Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Ron Hill and Fitness-Mad and shot with photographer Rankin. She is a published author of 'Better Body Workouts for Women' with publishers Human Kinetics and a master trainer and spokesperson for Power Plate training equipment.
Pearce has also appeared on The Friday Night Project as the "Coat of Cash wearing Celebrity".
References
- "MVE – Talent". www.mvemanagement.com. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- "Cold, Steely, Forsty and Beautiful".
- "Caroline Pearce: British bobsleigher, Model and Gladiator".
- "Sky One's Gladiator Page".
- "Friday Night Project with Geri Halliwell". YouTube.
- 1981 births
- Living people
- English heptathletes
- British heptathletes
- British female modern pentathletes
- English female bobsledders
- British female bobsledders
- Alumni of Loughborough University
- Sportspeople from Cambridge
- BT Sport presenters and reporters
- English female models
- Models from Cambridgeshire
- Gladiators (2008 British TV series)
- 21st-century English sportswomen